There is no shortage of available advice on how to network successfully. Most of it, however, tends to focus on tips for best presenting yourself and your product. Presentation is key, but it’s not exclusive. Equal time should be spent developing well-articulated goals for each connection before you shake...

Ever since Jim Collins released the bestseller Good to Great nearly 15 years ago, managers have been borrowing his analogy about “getting the right people on the bus” — to achieve the results that can make a business stellar. Of course, even as Collins further explained in his book,...